A diminutive defenceman with a hard, accurate shot from the point, Terry Ball was a power-play specialist who played seventeen years of top-flight hockey. He led the AHL in Calder Cup scoring in 1969 and spent most of the next season with the Philadelphia Flyers, his only full campaign in the NHL.

After a brief stay with the Buffalo Sabres in which he played a dozen games between 1970-72, he made the move to the WHA was an effective offensive defender in that league for six seasons. Ball finished his pro career in Finland, where he played for two years, before retiring in 1979.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1961-62

Winnipeg Rangers

MJHL

39

2

2

4

65

3

0

1

1

5

1962-63

Winnipeg Rangers

MJHL

39

8

23

31

104

1962-63

Brandon Wheat Kings

MJHL

5

0

0

0

12

1962-63

Brandon Wheat Kings

M-Cup

5

0

0

0

12

1963-64

Winnipeg Rangers

MJHL

29

6

16

22

110

4

0

2

2

11

1963-64

Vancouver Canucks

WHL

8

0

2

2

4

1963-64

Winnipeg Maroons

MHL-Sr.

3

1

0

1

0

1964-65

Kitchener Rangers

OHA-Jr.

55

6

47

53

153

1964-65

St. Paul Rangers

CPHL

1

0

0

0

0

1965-66

Minnesota Rangers

CPHL

68

0

10

10

98

7

1

0

1

17

1966-67

Omaha Knights

CPHL

70

5

15

20

78

5

1

0

1

2

1967-68

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

1

0

0

0

0

-1

1967-68

Quebec Aces

AHL

72

3

39

42

99

15

1

7

8

22

1968-69

Quebec Aces

AHL

74

14

45

59

72

15

8

8

16

8

1969-70

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

61

7

18

25

20

-7

1969-70

Quebec Aces

AHL

10

3

5

8

8

1970-71

Amarillo Wranglers

CHL

41

5

30

35

24

1970-71

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

2

0

0

0

0

0

1970-71

Salt Lake Golden Eagles

WHL

22

2

12

14

20

1971-72

Buffalo Sabres

NHL

10

0

1

1

6

-7

1971-72

Cincinnati Swords

AHL

68

17

39

56

62

10

3

8

11

2

1972-73

Minnesota Fighting Saints

WHA

76

6

34

40

66

5

1

2

3

4

1973-74

Minnesota Fighting Saints

WHA

71

8

28

36

34

11

1

2

3

6

1974-75

Minnesota Fighting Saints

WHA

76

8

37

45

36

12

3

4

7

4

1975-76

Cleveland Crusaders

WHA

23

2

15

17

18

1975-76

Cincinnati Stingers

WHA

36

3

14

17

12

1976-77

Birmingham Bulls

WHA

23

1

6

7

8

1976-77

Oklahoma City Blazers

CHL

15

0

4

4

4

1977-78

HIFK Helsinki

Finland

33

1

4

5

44

1978-79

HIFK Helsinki

Finland

6

0

2

2

4

NHL Totals

74

7

19

26

26

AHL First All-Star Team (1972)

Claimed by Philadelphia from NY Rangers in Expansion Draft, June 6, 1967. Traded to Pittsburgh by Philadelphia for George Swarbrick, June 11, 1970. Traded to Buffalo by Pittsburgh for Jean-Guy Legace, January 24, 1971. Selected by Minnesota (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972. Claimed by Cleveland (WHA) from Minnesota (WHA) in WHA Intra-League Draft, June 19, 1975. Traded to Cincinnati (WHA) by Cleveland (WHA) for future considerations, January, 1976. Claimed on waivers by Birmingham (WHA) from Cincinnati (WHA), October, 1976.